Before that, I wrote four manuscripts that never sold, but I spent that time learning the craft and the business of writing. It took me six years to sell my first book to Harlequin (I signed my first contract in 1999). For foreign licensing rights, North American print and digital rights, film and audio rights, please contact:Ĭreative Media Agency, long did it take you to sell your first book? Do you recommend self-publishing? She is represented by Creative Media Agency in New York. She invites readers to explore her website at for more information about her books and writing life, and to subscribe to her mailing list for all the latest news. MacLean currently resides on the east coast of Canada in a lakeside home with her husband. She loves to travel and has lived in New Zealand, Canada, and England.

MacLean has a degree in English literature from the University of King’s College in Halifax, Nova Scotia, and a degree in business administration from Acadia University in Wolfville, Nova Scotia. Her novels have sold millions of copies worldwide and have been published in over a dozen languages. Readers have described her books as “breathtaking,” “soulful” and “uplifting.” MacLean is a four-time RITA finalist and has won numerous awards, including the Booksellers’ Best Award and a Reviewers’ Choice Award from Romantic Times. Her recent release, THESE TANGLED VINES, was one of Amazon’s top selling Kindle ebooks of 2021.

Julianne MacLean is a USA Today bestselling author of more than forty novels, including the Color of Heaven Series.

The color of heaven series